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McCormick & Company is considering a project that requiresan initial investment of $24 million to build a new plant andpurchase equipment. The investment will be depreciated as amodified accelerated cost recovery system (MACRS) seven-year classasset. The new plant will be built on some of the company's land,which has a current, after-tax market value of $4.3 million. Thecompany will produce bulk units at a cost of $130 each and willsell them for $420 each. There are annual fixed costs of $500,000.Unit sales are expected to be $150,000 each year for the next sixyears, at which time the project will be abandoned. At that time,the plant and equipment is expected to be worth $8 million (beforetax) and the land is expected to be worth $5.4 million (after tax).To supplement the production process, the company will need topurchase $1 million worth of inventory. That inventory will bedepleted during the final year of the project. The company has $100million of debt outstanding with a yield to maturity of 8 percent,and has $150 million of equity outstanding with a beta of 0.9. Theexpected market return is 13 percent, and the risk-free rate is 5percent. The company's marginal tax rate is 40 percent. Should theproject be accepted? question: Find the NPV using the after-taxWACC as the discount rate
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